
Video Job Descriptions: The Brand New & Highly Effective Way To Hire (Right) Talent!
According to Global Recruitment Trends 2017, 8 out of 10 global HR leaders perceive talent acquisition as a top priority. Clearly, one of the most pressing challenges organizations face is … Continue Reading Video Job Descriptions: The Brand New & Highly Effective Way To Hire (Right) Talent!

Here’s Why You Need To Upgrade Your Existing Resume To A Video Resume!
The phrase ‘actions speak louder than words’ sound a lot more meaningful today, what with video resumes becoming essential in a job seeker’s toolbox! In a highly competitive job market … Continue Reading Here’s Why You Need To Upgrade Your Existing Resume To A Video Resume!

Power Up Your Profile With Round Zero, Our Built-In, Easy-To-Use Video Resume Tool!
Landing a job depends a lot on the kind of impression you create on the hiring manager during an interview! That interview is pretty much the ‘make it or break … Continue Reading Power Up Your Profile With Round Zero, Our Built-In, Easy-To-Use Video Resume Tool!

In Conversation with Pankaj Vermani, Founder & CEO Clovia
Q1. Can you give us a gist about your academic and professional journey so far? The major challenges you have dealt with, so far? Ans. I have pursued 5-year Integrated … Continue Reading In Conversation with Pankaj Vermani, Founder & CEO Clovia

How to Attract and Retain the Best Talent at Start-ups
Saumya Khare explains why hiring and retention of the best talent is amongst the key-most elements to progress in any workplace. She explains her ideas through Moglix, a fast-growing startup which focuses on a culture of transparency and a mentored-approach.

In Conversation with Anisha Motwani, Managing Partner at STORM the NORM Ventures, Author & Professional Speaker
Voted one of the ’50 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business’ by Business Today for three consecutive years since 2009, Anisha Motwani is a brand, digital and innovation expert with nearly 30 years of extensive experience across financial services, auto manufacturing and advertising.

Write the right references on your resume
There has been a great deal of debate on whether you should include references in a resume. The general answer is negative. A list of references in a job application … Continue Reading Write the right references on your resume

In conversation with Vikram Chitnis from Shoppers’ Stop
Vikram Chitnis is the Customer Care Associate and Business Head (Home Division) at Shoppers Stop, where he heads buying and merchandising for Home Stop and Home division of the well-known … Continue Reading In conversation with Vikram Chitnis from Shoppers’ Stop

In Conversation with Rahul Garg: Founder & CEO, Moglix
We caught up Rahul Garg, Founder of Moglix, the Indian startup with ambitions to be the Alibaba of the country in B2B ecommerce. Rahul has had a stellar career, having … Continue Reading In Conversation with Rahul Garg: Founder & CEO, Moglix

5 ways to brand yourself & your company
Apple, Facebook, Alibaba – what do these large corporations have in common? They’ve spent significant efforts on building a brand that’s instantly recognisable and identifiable. They tend to generate varying … Continue Reading 5 ways to brand yourself & your company

5 Ways To Use Your Network To Get The Next Job
Social networking plays a key role in many of our lives. It has almost become essential to be active on social media given the current trends in professional sectors. This … Continue Reading 5 Ways To Use Your Network To Get The Next Job

In Conversation with Raghavendra Singh, CEO & Co-Founder, i2i Funding
Q1. Can you give us a snapshot about your academic and professional background? What responsibilities have you dealt with so far? I did my schooling from Varanasi at the Central Hindu … Continue Reading In Conversation with Raghavendra Singh, CEO & Co-Founder, i2i Funding

In Conversation With Sathvik Vishwanath – Co-founder & CEO, Unocoin
When Sathvik Vishwanath launched Unocoin in 2013 with his partners, Bitcoin was priced at around $200. In 2017, Bitcoin touche $20,000. Meanwhile Unocoin had secured over $1.5 million in funding, and over 1.2 million … Continue Reading In Conversation With Sathvik Vishwanath – Co-founder & CEO, Unocoin

In Conversation With Ravi Kumar – CEO & Co-founder, Upstox
Having traded in the stock markets since he was 16 years old, Ravi Kumar is now the co-founder and CEO of Upstox, a leading fintech brokerage firm based in Mumbai. … Continue Reading In Conversation With Ravi Kumar – CEO & Co-founder, Upstox

Building your Profile while Working Full-time
Landing our first job is a major milestone for all of us, but it’s just the beginning of our careers. There’s plenty of room for improvement and learning, regardless of … Continue Reading Building your Profile while Working Full-time

What Starbucks teaches us about corporate inclusiveness
A recent incident at Seattle, Starbucks opened the public’s eyes wide. Two black men were arrested by the Philadelphia police, for no fault of their own. In fact, they were … Continue Reading What Starbucks teaches us about corporate inclusiveness

In Conversation With Sarabjeet Singh Gill, GS Lab
We caught up with Sarabjeet Singh Gill, Associate Manager HR – Talent Management, at GS Lab. With a decade of experience in HR, Sarabjeet shared with us his experiences and … Continue Reading In Conversation With Sarabjeet Singh Gill, GS Lab

Managing a Culturally Diverse Team
With communication and travel easier now than ever before, the mobile and global world today is bound to be rich with cultural and demographic diversity in every locality. Different … Continue Reading Managing a Culturally Diverse Team

Knowing your Marketing Automation Dashboard
Getting to know what your website visitors want and giving it to them at just the right time to convert them into active clients is the basis of any marketing … Continue Reading Knowing your Marketing Automation Dashboard

Hiring trends to look out for in the 2018 fiscal year
If changing (or finding) a job was a concern for you in 2017, you’d be happy to know that 2018 has far more positive indicators for you. Employment growth is … Continue Reading Hiring trends to look out for in the 2018 fiscal year

Making a graceful exit from your current job
Leaving a job is never easy. Burning bridges with the colleagues you’ve worked side-by-side is never advisable when you’re quitting. If your time at an organisation has been good then … Continue Reading Making a graceful exit from your current job

“You need strong temperament to absorb a lot of organisational stress, learn the act of balancing and deal with governance unperturbed.” – In conversation with Ranjan Sarkar, CHRO – Exide Industries.
Please tell us about your academic and professional background. What responsibilities does your designation entail? I am an alumnus from Symbiosis Institute of Business management, majoring in HR. Have worked … Continue Reading “You need strong temperament to absorb a lot of organisational stress, learn the act of balancing and deal with governance unperturbed.” – In conversation with Ranjan Sarkar, CHRO – Exide Industries.

First day on the new job? 7 clues to catch about the company culture
Made it through the door of the company of your choice? Cleared the interviews with flying colors and thinking that you know everything about the new organization you are joining? … Continue Reading First day on the new job? 7 clues to catch about the company culture

“I look for consistency in what the candidate has written in the resume as well as what they are talking about in the interview” – In conversation with Abhishek De, Talent Acquisition Lead at Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
1. Please tell us about your academic and professional background. What responsibilities does your designation entail? I did from my graduation from Bangalore University in Genetics. Realizing that I wasn’t … Continue Reading “I look for consistency in what the candidate has written in the resume as well as what they are talking about in the interview” – In conversation with Abhishek De, Talent Acquisition Lead at Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

To Code or not to Code: 5 signs to evaluate yourself
Has Everyone been talking about coding jobs around you? Has that gotten you intrigued? If you’ve landed up on this article, you’re already wondering if coding is your cup of … Continue Reading To Code or not to Code: 5 signs to evaluate yourself

Managing Your Brand Reputation on Social Media
A lot of people rave about how social media is a blight on the society; an addiction one can’t get rid of; or just another excuse to procrastinate. But what … Continue Reading Managing Your Brand Reputation on Social Media

10 Job Search Errors You Didn’t Know You Were Making
Searching for a job is a tedious process, and if you don’t achieve results quick, it gets disheartening pretty fast. “What am I doing wrong?” is a question that haunts … Continue Reading 10 Job Search Errors You Didn’t Know You Were Making

Gear switching trends in the automotive industry
Elmer Sperry proposed a word with a combination of the two others – Autos and Motivus, which mean self and of motion respectively. The combination gave birth to the term … Continue Reading Gear switching trends in the automotive industry

Leading your marketing team into the digital age
In order for any business to be even remotely successful, it needs a marketing strategy. With the onset of the digital era, marketing continues to be evolving into newer … Continue Reading Leading your marketing team into the digital age

The art of writing cold emails
Cold emailing is hard. It’s also often the only way of communicating with potential mentors and employers that have no prior relationship with you. Cold emails are generally written with … Continue Reading The art of writing cold emails

In conversation with Shailesh Singh, Chief People Officer, Max Life Insurance
“Gone are the days where HR existed primarily to hire and fire. The call of the day is to hire the ‘right’ talent and to ensure they are well engaged … Continue Reading In conversation with Shailesh Singh, Chief People Officer, Max Life Insurance

How to Appreciate a Demanding Boss
If you’ve been working for a while, you may have encountered a demanding boss in your professional life. Dealing with tough individuals or situations requires a great amount of confidence … Continue Reading How to Appreciate a Demanding Boss

“Develop and work on building honest open conversations than interviews, remember that finding a job is as important as a job finding you – it has to be a happy marriage” – says Ekta Singh, Vice President HR, at CapGemini.
Q. At what point in life did you decide to pursue HR management as your career ? Was there a defining “aha moment” when you knew or did it just … Continue Reading “Develop and work on building honest open conversations than interviews, remember that finding a job is as important as a job finding you – it has to be a happy marriage” – says Ekta Singh, Vice President HR, at CapGemini.

Become a leader before becoming the manager
You don’t necessarily have to be a manager to display leadership. Conversely, you have to be a leader to be an effective manager. Leadership, like any other skill, can be … Continue Reading Become a leader before becoming the manager

What to learn from Video JD being a recruiter
Types of Video JDs 1. Hiring manager giving insights about role & responsibilities and their evaluation style. 2. Q&A between HR & Hiring Manager about the kind of talent he/she is looking … Continue Reading What to learn from Video JD being a recruiter

Understanding tech jobs as management grads
You were the perfect MBA student. Now you are a competent management graduate ready to conquer the job market. There’s just one skill that an MBA might have not prepared … Continue Reading Understanding tech jobs as management grads

6 must-haves for your cover letters
A cover letter is your 30-second elevator pitch on a paper – a one page summary of your resume and that answers the question: why should the hiring manager choose … Continue Reading 6 must-haves for your cover letters

Junior executive to manager: a journey
So you’ve just started work as a junior executive. You’re still learning the ropes of the trade as you try to establish yourself and progress up through the ranks. You’ve … Continue Reading Junior executive to manager: a journey

10 ways to turn an internship into a full-time job
Are you an intern? Or, do you think you would be interning sometime soon? If your answer is yes, read on to know what you should do to turn your … Continue Reading 10 ways to turn an internship into a full-time job

15 Inspiring Women Success Stories You Should Know!
Before getting started, here’s wishing all women a Happy International Women’s day! Commemorated from 1908 after a march by 15,000 women through New York City demanding less work hours, better … Continue Reading 15 Inspiring Women Success Stories You Should Know!

If you get an offer from two big companies and you decline and choose another offer, do you get black listed?
Say you’ve landed a job – not with just one, but two big companies. It wasn’t easy – you had to beat some pretty tough competition on the way for … Continue Reading If you get an offer from two big companies and you decline and choose another offer, do you get black listed?

“Brand character is one of the most important elements of brand strategy” – Saumitra Prasad, CMO, Koyuko Camlin
Saumitra Prasad is the Chief Marketing Officer at Kokuyo Camlin. With over 20 years of experience in marketing, he’s a Nike fan, and believes brand positioning in fundamental to building … Continue Reading “Brand character is one of the most important elements of brand strategy” – Saumitra Prasad, CMO, Koyuko Camlin

How to praise yourself in an interview without actually praising yourself?
It’s a tough world out there for job seekers. How do you make yourself stand-out? That is a question that every new (and veteran) job seeker grapples with. Self confidence … Continue Reading How to praise yourself in an interview without actually praising yourself?

3 Body Language Tips that Will Get You Your Dream Job
It’s the time of the year when many at the end of their studies would be appearing for their campus placements. This is the most crucial time for students, when … Continue Reading 3 Body Language Tips that Will Get You Your Dream Job

“Regardless of where you want to build your career – work hard, invest in learning, open yourself up to different life experiences, and seek answers to your questions.” says Surobhi Das – Chief of Staff at Zomato
“Regardless of where you want to build your career – work hard, invest in learning, open yourself up to different life experiences, and seek answers to your questions.” IN CONVERSATION … Continue Reading “Regardless of where you want to build your career – work hard, invest in learning, open yourself up to different life experiences, and seek answers to your questions.” says Surobhi Das – Chief of Staff at Zomato

5 Things You Should Know About Your Recruiter
A recruiter can open up multiple opportunities which may have otherwise seemed out of reach. A good recruiter one can help you make your way to the best workplaces and … Continue Reading 5 Things You Should Know About Your Recruiter

Is Job Hopping Good or Bad for your Career?
In a world booming with innovative start-ups and businesses, it seems unjustified to term a career move as either good or bad. It may turn out to be a great … Continue Reading Is Job Hopping Good or Bad for your Career?

5 cliche answers to avoid in an interview
Most of us have been there – sitting across from an interviewer dreading the questions. Those that no matter how much you prepare for, you can never be sure you … Continue Reading 5 cliche answers to avoid in an interview

Online College Placements Are On The Rise
With the advent of the internet, a lot of problems that were just standard issues to be dealt with, have now been solved. One such problem was job-seeking. Thanks to … Continue Reading Online College Placements Are On The Rise

5 Jobs To Get Before Your Dream Job
You could be one of the lucky few directly landing their dream job as their first. Or, you could be among the others who accidentally stumble upon their dream job … Continue Reading 5 Jobs To Get Before Your Dream Job